Thanksgiving at our house
So yesterday we hosted Thanksgiving at our house for the first time. I had decided not to venture to San Jose this holiday season, to save on stress (awkward political convos. with the step-father, the long drive, etc). We were originally going to have a quiet holiday with Wess and Emily at their place, then discovered that a bunch of friends were going to be in town after all for the holidays, including parents-of-friends, and a friend-of-a-friend. So we ended up having 12 adults, a 3-year old, and 3 babies over to our place for the event since we have the most space.
It was really nice, and we made a veggie potpie, roasted garlic rosemary mashed potatoes, and cornmeal crunch. There were 2 turkeys (one made by Wess, and one made by Jen and Jeremy’s friend Alex); Audrey’s mom made a pumpkin dump-cake; Allen made a fruit crisp; Audrey made a mushroom ravioli and butternut squash salad; Emily made a wilted green and beet salad; and Jen brought some nice cheese and some wine. It was delicious. We left out some traditional classics like the infamous green-bean cassarole, cranberry sauce, and hot rolls, and were all the better for it.
It was nice to realize after the fact that this was the first Thanksgiving for some of our friend’s babies, and we felt flattered that it was at our place. The babies seemed to enjoy it from what I could tell… there was a lot of excited shrieking from Lily, some excited quiet grunting from Tennessee, and some happy smiles and spastic movements from Abel.
Seth and I are now trying to hustle on our top-secret homemade Christmas presents which we’ve slowly been working on this past week.
Pat Fucile
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